Raj and Louis have become the next two chefs to be eliminated from Hell’s Kitchen.

Raj was sent home in the first episode of Wednesday night’s double-bill in a surprise twist despite the women losing the first challenge, while Louis was booted in the second instalment after a disappointing Italian dinner service for the men.

The episode opened with Raj celebrating the result of the previous elimination, while the Red Team were unhappy with Emily. The chefs were woken just after 5am in their bedrooms by EMTs and Gordon later explained there was physically nothing wrong with them so their failure on the last challenge was because of a mental block. Their next challenge was to make breakfast for 50 EMTs and the team that served their side of the dining room first won.

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The Red Team pulled together to start sending dishes out first, although Sabrina was furious when Emily seemed to burn the bacon. Over in the Blue Team kitchen, they were having a harder time, which culminated in Raj talking back to Gordon when he suggested that his eggs were unseasoned.

The Red Team won the challenge and Gordon told them to help the men get their breakfasts out. The women earned a poolside lunch at a trendy hotel and a trapeze lesson as their prize, while Gordon told the Blue Team he had "never seen such a disorganized team working as individuals". Their punishment was to polish 250 cocktail glasses and clean the kitchens. Gordon advised them to take advantage of the time together to regroup but the men eventually lost their patience with Raj, who suggested they were harassing and targeting him. Trev then told him to go home and an argument erupted before Boris took Raj aside and told him they needed to work together.

The next morning, Gordon told the men's team they had made the weakest start to the show of anyone but they could turn it around at that night dinner service. Sabrina and Trev were chosen to make the welcoming cocktails. The Red Team were first to get their appetizers out but they were sent back for being over-salted. Other problems included Gordon accusing Melissa of overcooking her salmon; Nona getting annoyed at a lack of help from Emily; and Gail failing to see her pan was on fire. Over in the Blue Team kitchen, Raj was causing issues as Gordon questioned his salmon making techniques and became annoyed he was eating the leftover food. Raj then decided to cook three Dover sole in advance and had to then admit to Gordon they had run out of the fish. Gordon made him go to the customers and tell them.

Gordon decided that he couldn't pick a winning team because it was a "painful" dinner service. He turned to the diner cards for help (54% rated their experience above average for the men, and 50% for the women). The women's team lost and had to nominate two individuals for elimination. They chose Emily and Sabrina. Sabrina said that she didn't deserve to go home and it should be Melissa, but Gordon then announced that the person leaving was Raj: "You are out of your league big time and I personally can't go an inch further."

"I can't believe it. It's just a shock," said Raj. "I didn't get along with anybody… I didn't like the menu but it was a great experience and I had a great time. I'm really glad I did it."

After the elimination, Rob voiced his excitement that Raj had gone home, saying that the Blue Team was stronger than ever now. Elsewhere, Jillian and Sabrina were both unhappy about what happened at elimination. "It's turning into backstabbing when it’s supposed to be about the team," added Melissa.

The next day, Gordon discovered that around half of the chefs are smokers and encouraged them to stop because it damages their palate. He then announced that the next change was to create their own "innovative and tasty" ravioli dish. They then had to rank their dishes from one to six. Gordon decided that the men's dishes were better and they won the challenge. Vinny's dish was named the best and placed on that evening's menu. The men won a trip to an ocean resort while the women had to milk a cow.

That evening's dinner service had an Italian theme and the problems from previous services came back. Melissa initially miscounted her ravioli; Louis served cold salmon; Rob served a burned pizza and was sent out of the kitchen to eat it himself; and Sabrina became flustered when Gordon criticized her timing on the meat station, forcing Melissa to jump in and help her. Elsewhere, a man hoping to propose to his girlfriend at the dinner table was kept waiting to be served. Gordon then kicked Boris out of the kitchen when he began cleaning pans instead of cooking, and Louis followed shortly for serving raw chicken.

The women's team eventually finished first but Gordon told them to help the men rather than celebrate. However, the women found the men's kitchen too messy and disorganized which led to problems and Gordon decided to send everybody back to their dorms while he finished the dinner service himself. Both teams had to nominate two people for elimination. The women chose Melissa and Gail, but then decided to reverse their decision on Gail and choose Sabrina. The men chose Louis and Boris. Gordon chose to eliminate Louis

"It's going to be tough going back to camp and having to face my kids but honestly I can say that I represented myself well," said Louis. "Hell's Kitchen definitely kicked my butt but that's good for people and that's how we grow."